Thread: All things STARLINK

Don't forget the USA is far higher population than here, even in remote areas. I see data caps for cells outside the SE of Australia very unlikely.

Only issue I have with Starlink is the cost - I can't afford it.

Its slow days still far exceed speeds of what is other options are available in rural areas.
Its worked without incident here in the craziest of weather too.
Had like 2 drop-outs but Starlink are extremely fast to fix those issues.

No caps here, thry will likely come eventually but I believe capped options means a cheaper monthly cost.
Its really targeted for those who are rural or wandering where other options are few or poor.
My old internet barely got 2mbps on its best days, no nbn etc available here. The slow days I've had on Starlink are Its still over 100mbps

It has been a while and I have completed most if not all of my testing:

My first observation is that Starlink availability seems to be hardcoded, that makes sense if you think about it but is a bit of a bummer. I was under the impression that availability was simply a map where you could order the stuff since they want to limit the amount of units in the field. The constellation is probably covering the entire planet already, just with more space between the satellites. However, when I passed the line drawn on the map in sweden a few months back it went from working like a charm to just staying offline and I am pretty sure I would have enough signal.

Second, and this is not a problem for australia admittedly, the fine print says that an RV user is only allowed to use the unit 2 months outside the country in which it is registered/purchased. You are supposed to change your address when you intend to go over those two months which is quite frankly not feasible. Like I said, australia is one big single country but here in europe I would technically not be able to use it when sitting out the winter in spain or something

Also, not only can you not use the service for more than 2 months outside the registration address borders, you can also only use it on the continent on which is was purchased. So, if you are thinking about taking starlink with you on a trip across new zealand or whatever, it probably won't work.

It is for these reasons that I have put my unit up for sale since there is no point in dragging it along around the world.

Finally, there are more changes made to the terms of service: in the US at least using starlink while moving is now allowed and a special dish can (must) be bought for it. They cost a whopping $2500 and with it, the other dishes firmwares are updated to no longer allow use while moving. Since this has not yet been rolled out outside the US afaik other users are still safe I assume, but I would prepare for this eventually happening all over the world.

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Don't forget the USA is far higher population than here, even in remote areas. I see data caps for cells outside the SE of Australia very unlikely.

Only issue I have with Starlink is the cost - I can't afford it.

I think it’s just a matter of time - suck the user in, take their money then change things to make more money - it’s the natural order of things unfortunately these days. Also I wouldn’t trust anything that Musk has had anything to do with - you only have to buy a second hand Tesla to know you can’t have what the original owner had - without paying again.

Give it 12 months after the US and see what happens.

Originally Posted by Vern

Did a tesla powerwall install for a customer, who had starlink, I couldn't connect the powerwall to their starlink to commission it, had to hotspot it off my phone with telstra!

our powerwall works fine with our starlink. (other issues with powerwall install but that whole other story)

Originally Posted by Epic_Dragon

Its slow days still far exceed speeds of what is other options are available in rural areas.
Its worked without incident here in the craziest of weather too.
Had like 2 drop-outs but Starlink are extremely fast to fix those issues.

No caps here, thry will likely come eventually but I believe capped options means a cheaper monthly cost.
Its really targeted for those who are rural or wandering where other options are few or poor.
My old internet barely got 2mbps on its best days, no nbn etc available here. The slow days I've had on Starlink are Its still over 100mbps

ditto.
Makes working at home so much better.

Originally Posted by Homestar

I think it’s just a matter of time - suck the user in, take their money then change things to make more money - it’s the natural order of things unfortunately these days. Also I wouldn’t trust anything that Musk has had anything to do with - you only have to buy a second hand Tesla to know you can’t have what the original owner had - without paying again.

Give it 12 months after the US and see what happens.

You'd be aware Gav that the same applied to Microsoft OS equipped computers? The licence applied to the original purchaser and if the system was sold the licence was (according to their blurb) non-transferrable. Its just that it was almost impossible to enforce.

Originally Posted by Tombie

You'd be aware Gav that the same applied to Microsoft OS equipped computers? The licence applied to the original purchaser and if the system was sold the licence was (according to their blurb) non-transferrable. Its just that it was almost impossible to enforce.

I don't own a computer as such with Microsoft OS - always had a work laptop is all. Not sure why that makes it right for Tesla to disable multiple features - it just shows Microsoft are arse holes as well - which I think we pretty much all knew already.

2 wrongs doesn't make it ok - it's a **** act IMO